Romanization of Georgian is the process oftransliterating theGeorgian language from theGeorgian script into theLatin script.
This system, adopted in February 2002 by the State Department of Geodesy and Cartography of Georgia and the Institute of Linguistics,Georgian National Academy of Sciences, establishes atransliteration system of theGeorgian letters intoLatin letters.[1] The system was already in use, since 1998, on driving licenses. It is also used by BGN and PCGN since 2009, as well as inGoogle Translate.
Despite its popularity this system sometimes leads to ambiguity. The system is mostly used insocial networks,forums, chat rooms, etc. The system is greatly influenced by the commonQWERTY-derived Georgian keyboard layout that ties each key to each letter in the alphabet (seven of them: T, W, R, S, J, Z, C with the help of theshift key to make another letter).
ISO 9984:1996, "Transliteration of Georgian characters into Latin characters", was last reviewed and confirmed in 2010.[2]The guiding principles in the standard are:
Archaic letters are shown on a red background.
| Georgian letter | IPA | National system (2002) | BGN/PCGN (1981–2009) | ISO 9984 (1996) | ALA-LC (1997) | Unofficial system | Kartvelo translit[clarification needed] | NGR2[clarification needed] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ა | /ɑ/ | a | a | a | a | a | a | a |
| ბ | /b/ | b | b | b | b | b | b | b |
| გ | /ɡ/ | g | g | g | g | g | g | g |
| დ | /d/ | d | d | d | d | d | d | d |
| ე | /ɛ/ | e | e | e | e | e | e | e |
| ვ | /v/ | v | v | v | v | v | v | v |
| ზ | /z/ | z | z | z | z | z | z | z |
| ჱ[a] | /eɪ/ | ey | ē | ē | é | ej | ẽ | |
| თ | /tʰ/ | t | t' | t̕ | tʻ | T[b] or t | t | t / t̊ |
| ი | /i/ | i | i | i | i | i | i | i |
| კ | /kʼ/ | k' | k | k | k | k | ǩ | k̉ |
| ლ | /l/ | l | l | l | l | l | l | l |
| მ | /m/ | m | m | m | m | m | m | m |
| ნ | /n/ | n | n | n | n | n | n | n |
| ჲ[a] | /i/,/j/ | j | y | y | j | ĩ | ||
| ო | /ɔ/ | o | o | o | o | o | o | o |
| პ | /pʼ/ | p' | p | p | p | p | p̌ | p̉ |
| ჟ | /ʒ/ | zh | zh | ž | ž | J,[b] zh or j | ž | g̃ |
| რ | /r/ | r | r | r | r | r | r | r |
| ს | /s/ | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
| ტ | /tʼ/ | t' | t | t | t | t | t̆ | t̉ |
| ჳ[a] | /w/ | w | w | ŭ | f̃ | |||
| უ | /u/ | u | u | u | u | u | u | u |
| ფ | /pʰ/ | p | p' | p̕ | pʻ | p or f | p | p / p̊ |
| ქ | /kʰ/ | k | k' | k̕ | kʻ | q or k | k | k / k̊ |
| ღ | /ʁ/ | gh | gh | ḡ | ġ | g, gh or R[b] | ɣ | q̃ |
| ყ | /qʼ/ | q' | q | q | q | y[c] | q | q |
| შ | /ʃ/ | sh | sh | š | š | sh or S[b] | š | x |
| ჩ | /t͡ʃ(ʰ)/ | ch | ch' | č̕ | čʻ | ch or C[b] | č | c̃ |
| ც | /t͡s(ʰ)/ | ts | ts' | c̕ | cʻ | c or ts | c | c |
| ძ | /d͡z/ | dz | dz | j | ż | dz or Z[b] | ʒ | d̃ |
| წ | /t͡sʼ/ | ts' | ts | c | c | w, c or ts | ʃ | c̉ |
| ჭ | /t͡ʃʼ/ | ch' | ch | č | č | W,[b] ch or tch | ʃ̌ | j̉ |
| ხ | /χ/ | kh | kh | x | x | x or kh (rarely) | x | k̃ |
| ჴ[a] | /q/,/qʰ/ | q' | ẖ | x̣ | q̌ | q̊ | ||
| ჯ | /d͡ʒ/ | j | j | ǰ | j | j | ǯ | j |
| ჰ | /h/ | h | h | h | h | h | h | h |
| ჵ[a] | /oː/ | ō | ō | ȯ | h̃ |
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